Justice inks security license for 100,000 users

The Justice Department has signed a four-year, departmentwide license for Enterprise Mobile Security Manager software from Senforce Technologies Inc. for about 100,000 users.

The Santa Clara, Calif., company earlier this year supplied EMSM 2.5 to about 15,000 users in Justice's Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys.

The Air Force Air Mobility Command also has bought EMSM for air crews that connect wirelessly on the move. 'We just started deploying it for about 1,200 users all over the world,' said Robert Lyons, the project manager.

To keep wireless eavesdroppers out of military networks, EMSM disables the air crews' wireless access while they are connected to wired networks.

The policy-based client security software, which lists for $89 per seat, incorporates a stateful firewall and enforces rules for different work locations. It ensures that users update their antivirus signatures from other vendors, reporting on compliance under the Federal Information Security Management Act.

Senforce vice president Tanya Candia said the company also has applied for Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ certification.

'Policy enforcement cannot rely on the end user,' she said. 'Users often connect to the wrong wireless network signal because it's stronger,' a security lapse that EMSM prevents. Whenever a user connects, 'the first thing it does is check with that user's policy server and automatically shut vulnerable ports,' she said. 'And it keeps checking back.'